Department of Political Science

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Department of Political Science

• Goals and offering
• Student and alumni profile
• New developments

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Some of the good reasons to study political
science at CEU

• Comprehensive and interdisciplinary curriculum
• Development of research skills
• Socialization into (English-language) academia
• Work with recognized international scholars
• Access outstanding library and other facilities
• Good chance to obtain partial or full tuition
  waiver and stipend from CEU, worth free
  accommodation and 350 EUR a month (MA) 750 EUR
  (PhD)
• One of the best universities of Europe
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Some of the good reasons to study political
science at CEU

• Study as a member of a very international, able
  and vibrant student body, establishing life-long
  contact with high-achievers in particular from
  Eastern and Central Europe

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Some of the good reasons to study political
science at CEU

• Live in an exciting and beautiful city

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The academic offering

• One year MA program about 45 students each year,
  requires four years BA degree registered by the
  Board of Regents of the New York State Education
  Department
• Two-year MA program about 1520 new students
  each year, registered in Hungary, requires a BA
• PhD program about 10 new students each year,
  altogether 35 students at the moment, three years
  (or more) of scholarship, requires an MA
  registered by the Board of Regents of the New
  York State Education Department
• Variety of courses to choose from 35 MA courses,
  27 PhD courses

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MA Courses offered

• Analyzing Democracy
• Comparative European Politics
• Comparative Media Systems
• Comparative Political Research
• Comparing Federal Systems The US, India, and the
  EU
• Concepts in Political Economy
• Constitutionalism and Democracy
• Cosmopolitanism and Global Justice
• Crises in Capitalism, Capitalism(s) in Crisis
• Digital Technologies and Society
• Foundations of Political Philosophy
• Gender and Politics
• Human Rights and Biopolitics
• Information, Decision Making and Foreign Policy
• Institutions and Development State, Market and
  Community
• Introduction to Contemporary Political Philosophy
• Introduction to Political Philosophy
• Modern Political Thought
• Multivariate Statistics

• Nationalism and the Media
• Parties and Party Systems
• Political Communication
• Political Dynamics in Central Europe
• Political Economy I and II
• Political Economy of Policy Reforms (in EE)
• Political Philosophy II Explanations in Social
  Sciences
• Politics of European Integration
• Politics of Labor in Europe
• Quantitative Methods Analyzing Countries
• Quantitative Methods Analyzing People
• Research Design Scope and Methods
• Social Movements and Social Contention
• States, Networks, and Power in post-Soviet
  Politics
• The Welfare State in a Comparative Perspective
• Topics and Methods in Comparative Politics
• Transitional Justice
• Values, Attitudes, and Political Behavior
• Voting Behavior

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PhD Courses offered

• Advanced Comparative Methods Text analysis
• Applied Political Theory Political Theory and
  Public Policy
• Comparative Political Economy
• Comparative Politics and Political Economy
• Contending Theories of European Integration
• Democratic Theory
• Discourse Analysis
• International Relations Theory
• IPE States, Classes, and Industries in the
  International Political Economy
• Mathematical Statistics
• New Institutionalism Theoretical Approaches to
  Institutions and Institutional Change
• Policy Reform and Failure
• Political Dynamics Comparative Regime Change

• Political Institutions in Comparative Perspective
• Political Philosophy Theory of Justice
• Political Sociology
• Prospectus Seminar
• Public Administration
• Qualitative Methods and Research Design
• Quantitative Data Analysis
• Reading Seminar Kant's Groundwork for the
  Metaphysics of Morals
• Research in EU Integration and Governance
• Set-Theoretic Methods in the Social Sciences
  Theory and Application
• Survey Methodology
• The Political Economy of Development and
  International Inequality
• Transnational Social Movement

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Permanent faculty

• Andras Bozoki
• Andres Moles
• Anil Duman
• Attila Folsz
• Anton Pelinka
• Bela Greskovits
• Carsten Schneider
• Dorothee Bohle
• Gabor Toka
• Janos Kis

• Lea Sgier
• Judit Sandor
• Levente Littvay
• Matteo Fumagalli
• Nenad Dimitrijevic
• Tamas Meszerics
• Tamas Rudas
• Zoltan Miklosi
• Zsolt Enyedi

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Current visiting professors

• Kate Coyer (Center for Media and Communication
  Studies, CEU)
• Radek Markowski (Warsaw School of Social
  Psychology)
• Stefania Milan (European University Institute)
• Herbert Kitschelt (Duke University)
• Kenneth Benoit (Trinity College, University of
  Dublin)
• Sidney Tarrow (Cornell University)
• Philippe Schmitter (European University
  Institute)
• Jason Wittenberg (University of California,
  Berkeley)
• Julia Szalai (ELTE University)

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Background of students
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Alumni profile
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New developments at the department

• Erasmus exchange programs with leading
  universities within the EU
• New research centers and research groups
• Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine,
• Center for Media and Communication Studies,
• Center for the Study of Imperfections in
  Democracy,
• Political Economy Research Group,
• Political Behavior Research Group.

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Other opportunities for students

• Research assistantships in cross-national
  research projects funded primarily by the
  European Commission
• Conference participation with travel support from
  CEU
• Many high profile workshops, conferences
• Semester abroad program for PhD students
• Academic writing and language classes
• Publication opportunities CEU Political Science
  Journal

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Certificate programs

• Social and Political Theory
• Comparative Politics
• Political Economy
• Political Communication
• Electoral Politics
• Research Methodology and Social Analysis
• Comparative European Politics
• Post-Communist Politics
• Public Policy
• Constitutional Politics

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Example Certificate in Comparative Politics

• Requires a thesis on the subject and12 credits
  and a B or better average grade in courses from
  the list below
• Analyzing Democracy
• Comparative European Politics
• Comparative Political Research
• Comparing Federal Systems The US, India, and the
  EU
• Topics and Methods in Comparative Politics
• Political Dynamics in Central Europe
• Values, Attitudes, and Political Behavior
• Voting Behavior
• Political Institutions in Comparative Perspective
• Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics and
  Political Economy
• Political Dynamics Comparative Regime Change
• Advanced Comparative Methods Text analysis
• Advanced Methods Analysis of Change in Political
  Science
• Advanced Topics in Quantitative Data Analysis
• Advanced methods Set-Theoretic Methods in the
  Social Sciences - Theory and Application

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Please send any further questions to the
Department of Political Science

• polsci_at_ceu.hu